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Business Daily: Women, work and lockdowns

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08/03/2021 GMT

Women, work and lockdowns

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Women, work and lockdowns

On International Women's Day, we explore the pandemic's impact on gender equality

On International Women's Day, we explore the pandemic's impact on gender equality.

On International Women's Day, we ask what Covid-19 lockdowns have done to gender equality at work - and at home.

Mum Leslie Chiaramonte was forced to quit her nursing job amid the demands of juggling childcare and work. British politician Stella Creasy fears the pandemic will lead to a "tsunami" of unemployed mothers. But Holly Birkett, co-director of the Equal Parenting Project at the University of Birmingham, says it has helped to remove the stigma attached to flexible working.

Producer: Szu Ping Chan

(Photo: Stock photo of a mother multi-tasking with her young son; Credit: Getty Images)

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